Ian Kitley

A humble wandering wordsmith, putting pen to paper as inspiration strikes, to create worlds to which I fall #amwriting

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

take a step
up to the edge
this world below
so filled with dread
but this time
I choose to leap
'cause #maybe now
my wings will keep
rising high
I strike on out
onwards ever
no future doubt
#vss365 #poem #poetry #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

barbed they are
tongues and words
to cut and rend
at more then flesh
why #fence we
when so alike
souls unarmored
flimsy foils
bled by blade
still thy anger
before you slay
what you can't
live without
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

words matter
don't tell yourself different
what to one
is a #wisecrack
a little tomfoolery
is hurtful
and harmful
to another
know your audience
read the room
don't forget
that those you love
are fragile
delicate
worth
a little extra thought
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

tell me a tale
of days gone by
wherein lies the lie
of people brave
who drive the blade
through hearts no longer cold
written down
on paper brown
by #chronicler strange and true
who out there sits
in mud and grit
ne'er more the world to see
#vss365 #poem #poetry #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

it's never quite a walk
or a stumble
down this garden path
instead, I #amble
through plots of poison
and romance hearts
to chrysanthemum crimes
and fantasy fancies
these and more
grow in the ground
fed by imagination
and the words
not yet spoken
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

between these pages
lie our worlds
filled beyond compare
with heroes flawed
who do what must
no matter what the cost
and villains mad
their henchmen bad
a plot undone by dawn
so #scurry off
hot drink in hand
to read our tales this morn
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

feel them blow
these #withering winds
of change upon our lands
across the fields
from which we wade
through problems of our hands
we long for hope
of transformed faults
without the work it needs
#vss365 #poem #poetry #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

we thought
it couldn't happen
not to us
not to those
who were aware
of what
was out there
but still
we #fell
down the rabbit hole
lost within the spaces
we thought
we were better than
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

perfection
or the closest to it
right after the rains
when the earth is fresh
and wraps its scent
all around us
beneath sun #dappled leaves
there's just something
so magical
in that quiet calm
do you want
to experience it
with me?
#vss365 #poem #poetry #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

they're all
so #picturesque
those sleepy towns
hiding secrets
buried deep
you'd never know
even living there
among the cults
and yule kings
but don't despair
for very soon
it'll be your time
won't that
be lovely?
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

if this
is all there is
if this chaos
is what's important
why all the #kerfuffle?
it feels like
we're so worried
about so little
forgetting
the things
we should care about
like each other
nature's bounty
and those moments
we can never
get back
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

trace the lines
caress the curves
devour sight and sound
remember this
divine delight
beneath the lady's silver glow
forever now
unreal fate
this #dalliance of the mind
take my hand
and disappear
beyond this world's cruel touch
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

sun set
on river run
and here I sit
and stare
blank eyed
unseeing
into the past
and theoretical future
#wistful
for things that weren't
and things that might be
pondering
if my opinion
matters
#vss365 #poem #poetry #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

beyond the horizon
it calls
drawing me onward
ever onward
towards...
what?
I don't know
but that's
the #allure
of the unknown
it could be
anything
it could be
everything
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

in ones and twos
they string together
worlds instill
horizons tether
in our minds
senses pleasure
#sumptuous rhymes
written treasure
continue on
there storied tales
and search on for
your white whales
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

don't put it there
in full view
for everyone to see
even if it does
deserve to be
displayed
just don't
because the moment
you do
someone
something
will come
#smashing through
and all you'll
be left with
are splinters
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

up
get up
no matter what
this is the time
to be more
than they believed
you to be
it's time to grab
those opportunities
by the #scruff
and not
let any of them
go
#vss365 #poetry #poem #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

cracks
divots
a spiderweb
all of that and more
on the ceiling
how do I know?
because I stare at them
in the moonlight
when I should be sleeping
but my brain
won't let me
since all it wants to do
is go round and round
about little things
refusing
to #switch off
#vss365 #poetry

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

too many questions
not enough answers
it's a search
I'm ill prepared for
but that's what happens
when you #boycott
the rational
in favour
of chaos divine
throwing yourself
to the whims
and seeing where
they take you
#vss365 #poem #poetry #vsspoem

[Ian Kitley @IanKitley]

to and fro
we go
never stopping to think
or question
why we do it
this constant #traffic
of desolate souls
from birth
to school
to work
to retirement
to death
stuck in the same flow
never choosing
to take the exit
because
what else is there
maybe that
is the real question
#vss365